• In
1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, the second man-made satellite, into
orbit; it carried a dog named Laika who was sacrificed in the experiment.

• In
1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican Barry Goldwater
(right) to win a full White House term.

• In
1970, Salvador Allende (left) was inaugurated as president of Chile.

• In
1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily
armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, N.C.

• In
1986, the Iran-Contra affair began to come to light as Ash-Shiraa, a pro-Syrian
Lebanese magazine, broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran.

• In
1992, Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president, defeating President
George H.W. Bush.

•
Five years ago: Authorities announced they had identified some of Steve Fossett’s
remains found a half-mile from where the adventurer’s plane crashed in California’s Sierra
Nevada.

•
One year ago: Drivers flocked to gas stations in New Jersey ahead of the start of
a rationing system aimed at easing long lines in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

Thought for today

“You must be true to yourself. Strong enough to be true to yourself. Brave enough to be strong
enough to be true to yourself. Wise enough to be brave enough, to be strong enough to shape
yourself from what you actually are.” — Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner, New Zealander author and
educator (1908-1984)